Increasingly, arguments are being made that strategies to encourage renovation of buildings to address climate change. Nicholas Rajkovich, Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York explains in an article on The Conversation website the many benefits from renovating buildings. To protect people in the Great Lakes … Continue reading Strong argument for renovating homes in America’s Great Lakes region
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US Department of Energy sued over its energy efficiency process
The NRDC has sued the Department of Energy because of its illegal changes to its “Process Rule” represent yet another attack on the nation’s highly successful energy efficiency standards programme. Latest developments are explained in a news item on the NRDC website. NRDC Sues Over Department of Energy’s New Rule Hampering Energy-Saving Standards Natural … Continue reading US Department of Energy sued over its energy efficiency process
Utilities in the US are being required to increase energy efficiency to address climate change challenges
Rachel Gold from ACEEE writes on the GreenBiz website about the efforts by several states in the US to lean on local utilities to ramp up their energy efficiency programmes. What are utilities in your region doing? States step up climate efforts by requiring utilities to increase energy efficiency Before the COVID-19 pandemic adjourned … Continue reading Utilities in the US are being required to increase energy efficiency to address climate change challenges
Large enterprises required to have regular mandatory audits but that policy is still not a game changer
For many organisations it was merely a box-ticking exercise required under the 2012 EU Energy Efficiency Directive. In Britain it was called the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme and there were hopes it would really make a difference and drive energy efficiency investments. Andrew Warren, chairman of the British Energy Efficiency Federation and a friend of … Continue reading Large enterprises required to have regular mandatory audits but that policy is still not a game changer
The important role of improved energy efficiency in microgrid projects
Why do microgrid projects need to start with energy monitoring and energy efficiency? Jules Nohra, director of optimisation services, Veolia North America, explains in an interview with Yasmin Ali, Microgrid Knowledge contributor to its website. Why Microgrid Projects Start with Energy Monitoring and Energy Efficiency Why is it important to make a facility as … Continue reading The important role of improved energy efficiency in microgrid projects
The Trump administration rolled back Obama-era fuel efficiency standards for automobiles this week, creating regulatory confusion for the auto industry
Alyssa Danigelis, writing on the Environment + Energy Leader website, discusses the confusion that has been created by the Trump administration rolling back on the previous planned approach to improve fuel efficiency standards for automobiles. Now the annual improvement is significantly lower than previously planned. But there are still clashes with the new federal standards … Continue reading The Trump administration rolled back Obama-era fuel efficiency standards for automobiles this week, creating regulatory confusion for the auto industry
Four ways companies can drive financial results and mitigate risk through energy efficiency
John Schinter, Executive Vice President of Client Solutions at Redaptive Inc., provides his views on how to encourage energy efficiency. What do you think of his four suggestions? Shifting The Paradigm Of Energy Efficiency Improving the bottom line is always top of mind for companies. The trouble is, costs are always going up, whether … Continue reading Four ways companies can drive financial results and mitigate risk through energy efficiency
Boosting access for SMEs to energy efficiency
David Paul writes on the Digit website about a new effort to be able to get SMEs to improve their energy efficiency. The plan is to develop a platform that will simplify the process of engaging with energy efficiency by automatically optimising a business’ total energy consumption and the energy performance of its premises specifically. … Continue reading Boosting access for SMEs to energy efficiency
The value of improved energy efficiency in decarbonising the power sector
Andrew Warren, chairman of the British Energy Efficiency Federation, writes in the March issue of Energy in Buildings & Industry that the power sector has been decarbonising rapidly this century. But this is due more to energy efficiency than a switch to alternative supply sources It may be under-valued but efficiency provides a win-win … Continue reading The value of improved energy efficiency in decarbonising the power sector
European companies are leading the world in climate action
Encouragingly more than a third of the largest EU companies have targets to meet the aims of the Paris Agreement. Now to get the rest to do so. Madeleine Cuff explains in an article on the inews website. As we talk about the industrial sector, it is unfortunate that the corona virus crisis has forced … Continue reading European companies are leading the world in climate action
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